Banner used at Public Enemy performances: Museum Object and Cultural History
Banner used at Public Enemy performances: Date: ca. 1992. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982.
The object in the museum catalogue
A banner that the hip hop group Public Enemy would hang behind them when performing at various gigs. The banner is made of red synthetic fabric with the Public Enemy logo printed inblack acrylic paint.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1992
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982
- Type: banners
- Medium: acrylic paint on synthetic fiber
- Dimensions: H x W: 106 × 218 in. (269.2 × 553.7 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2011.33.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Public Enemy
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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